- v. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans (view details)
- v. overcome the wildness of (view details)
- v. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment (view details)
Meaning 1: (verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
Usage Example(s): The horse was domesticated a long time ago, The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
Synonym(s): tame ( what does tame stand for? )
Meaning 2: (verb) overcome the wildness of, make docile and tractable
Usage Example(s): He tames lions for the circus, reclaim falcons
Synonym(s): domesticise ( what does domesticise stand for? ), domesticize ( what does domesticize stand for? ), reclaim ( what does reclaim stand for? ), tame
domesticate is derived from: tamer ( what does tamer stand for? )
Meaning 3: (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Usage Example(s): domesticate oats, tame the soil
Synonym(s): cultivate ( what does cultivate stand for? ), naturalise ( what does naturalise stand for? ), naturalize ( what does naturalize stand for? ), tame
domesticate is derived from: naturalisation ( what does naturalisation stand for? ), naturalization ( what does naturalization stand for? )
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